How to Treat Influenza A (H1N1) in Chinese Medicine

  Treatment plan for mild symptoms
  1. Wind-heat offending the guard
  Main symptoms: Early onset of illness, fever or no fever, red throat, light cough with little sputum, no sweating.
  Tongue and pulse: red tongue, thin or thin and greasy coating, floating pulse.
  Treatment: Drain wind and clear heat
  Basic prescription: Yinhua 15g Lianxiao 15g Mulberry Leaf 10g Hanging Chrysanthemum 10g Sun Gang, Department of Whistling, Suzhou Chinese Hospital
  Radix Platycodon 10g Burdock 15g Bamboo Leaf 6g Rutabaga 30g
  Mentha piperita (later down) 3g Raw licorice 3g
  Decoction method: Decoction in water, 400 ml of water per dose, 200 ml per oral dose, 2 times a day; if necessary, 2 doses per day, 200 ml per oral dose every 6 hours.
  Addition and subtraction: add patchouli and pelargonium for thick and greasy moss.
  Heavy cough plus almond and loquat leaf.
  diarrhea plus Chuan Huang Lian and Guang Mu Xiang.
  For sore throat, add Jin Lantern.
  Commonly used Chinese medicines: Chinese medicines for clearing wind and heat, such as capsule for clearing wind and heat, Xiang Ju capsule, Yin Qiao detoxification, Sang Ju cold and flu, Shuang Huang Lian oral preparations; Huo Xiang Zheng Qi, Ge Gen Scutellaria preparations, etc.
  2.Heat poison attacking the lungs
  Symptoms: high fever, cough, sticky phlegm, unpleasant phlegm, thirsty for drinks, sore throat, red eyes.
  Tongue and pulse: red tongue, yellow or greasy coating, slippery pulse.
  Treatment: Clearing the lung and detoxifying the toxin
  Basic prescription: Roasted Ephedra 3g, Almond 10g, Licorice 10g
  Raw gypsum (first decoction) 30g Zhi Mu 10g Zhe Bei Mu 10g Radix Platycodon 15g Scutellaria 15g Radix Bupleurum 15g
  Decoction method: Decoction in water, 400 ml of water per dose, 200 ml orally each time, 2 times a day; if necessary, 2 doses can be taken daily, 200 ml orally every 6 hours.
  Addition and subtraction: add raw rhubarb for constipation.
  For persistent high fever, add Artemisia annua and Danpi.
  Commonly used Chinese medicines: lung-clearing and detoxifying Chinese medicines such as Lianhua Qingfeng capsule, Yinhuang class preparation, Lotus Qinghe class preparation, etc.
  Treatment plan for severe and critical illnesses
  1.Heat toxin congestion in lung
  Symptoms: High fever, cough with sputum, yellow sputum, shortness of breath; or palpitation, restlessness, purple lips.
  Tongue and pulse: red tongue, yellow or grayish coating, slippery pulse.
  Treatment: Clearing heat and dipping the lung, detoxifying and dispersing blood stasis
  Basic prescription: Roasted Ephedra 5g Raw gypsum (first decoction) 30g Almond 10g Zhi Mu 10g
  Fishoil 15g, Daphne Scabra 10g, Golden Buckwheat 10g, Scutellaria Baicalensis 10g
  Zhe Bei Mu 10g Sheng Da Huang 10g Dan Pi 10g Artemisia annua 15g
  Decoction method: Decoction in water, 400ml per dose, 200ml per dose orally, 2 times a day; if necessary, 2 doses per day, 200ml per dose orally every 6 hours.
  Add and subtract: persistent high fever and delirium plus Angong Niuhuang Pill.
  Convulsions add Antelope horn, Stibrium, Guang Di Long, etc.
  For abdominal distension and bowel movement, add Hovenia, Yuanming powder.
  Commonly used Chinese medicines: Xiyanping, Phlegm Fever Qing, Qingkailing Injection.
  2.Burnt Qi and Ying
  Symptoms: high fever, thirst, restlessness, or even delirium, coughing or hemoptysis, chest tightness and shortness of breath.
  Tongue and pulse: red and vivid tongue, yellow coating, fine pulse.
  Treatment: Clearing Qi and cooling Ying
  Basic prescription: Buffalo’s horn 30g, Radix Rehmanniae 15g, Red peony 10g, Silver flower 15g
  Salvia miltiorrhiza 12g, forsythia 15g, maidenhair 10g, bamboo leaf 6g
  Psidium guajava 30g Sheng Shi Fa (first decoction) 30g Gardenia jasminoides 12g
  Decoction method: Decoction in water, 400ml per dose, 200ml per oral dose, 2 times a day; if necessary, 2 doses per day, 200ml per oral dose every 6 hours.
  Addition and subtraction: add raw rhubarb for constipation.
  Add antelope horn powder for high fever and limb convulsions.
  Commonly used Chinese medicines: Angong Niuhuang Pill, Blood Bebop, Awakening Brain Jing Injection, etc.
  Note: The above drugs should be used under the guidance of physicians; the dosage is for reference, and the dosage for children should be reduced as appropriate; patients with complications and a history of chronic underlying diseases should be treated with evidence. If shock, multi-organ dysfunction syndrome or other serious illnesses are seen, the patients should be treated according to the actual situation while applying western medical treatment.